Keywords: CVSG-53 CVS-33 early1960s.jpg U S Navy aircraft of Anti-Submarine Carrier Air Group 53 CVSG-53 getting ready for a launch in the early 1960s from the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge CVS-33 Most planes are Grumman S-2F Tracker of Anti-submarine Squadrons VS-21 Lightning Bolts and VS-29 Tromboners A single Douglas EA-1E Sykraider of Airborne Early Warning Squadron VAW-11 Det R Early Eleven is visible on the left RR-73 All squadrons were assigned to CVSG-53 aboard the Kearsarge for a deployment to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 19 June to 16 December 1964 U S Navy photo http //www navysite de/cruisebooks/cv33-64/027 htm from the http //www navysite de/cruisebooks/cv33-64/index_003 htm USS Kearsarge CVS-33 1964 cruise book available at http //navysite de/cruisebooks/index html Navysite de 1964 Official US Navy Photo by PHC AW/SW Mahlon K Miller USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman S-2 Tracker Aboard USS Kearsarge CV-33 Aircraft carrier air operations Sea Control Squadron 21 United States Navy |